From Darwin

Using modules

Modules is a system for managing the software environment for user accounts. It is used to allow individual people to configure there accounts to use specific versions of specific software according their needs. There is online manpage help available on using modules that can be accessed by typing

[charles@beagle ~]$ man module

The basic module commands are

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List what software is available

[charles@beagle ~]$ module avail

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Make a specific software package (for example matlab) active

[charles@beagle ~]$ module load matlab

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Show what modules are active

[charles@beagle ~]$ module list